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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Themed lunches save high school friendships

By: Maisie Stout

Stress of
the school year can become increasingly difficult, but your friends may be a
way to help. Senior Chloe Hayman came up with the great idea of having themed
lunches as a way for her friend group to come closer together in the dark times
of senior year.

“Having
group lunches is a great way for us to bond. Our lunch group is mostly senior
girls and it gives us something to look forward to,” Hayman said.

It all
started last year when English teacher Cassie Griffith allowed some of her
students to eat lunch in her room. Even though Griffith’s “Lunch Crew” only
started doing the group lunches this year, they are all excited to keep the
tradition alive. The lunches are set on the last Friday of every month, and the
themes are decided based on the time of year.Last month they had a tailgating theme; this month the theme is
Halloween.

So, if you
want to start a new tradition with your friend group, themed lunches are a
pretty solid way to go. In order to create a successful group lunch experience,
though, you have to do it right. The first step in having a themed lunch is
finding a good spot to have it. If you want to use a teacher’s classroom you
have to ask permission, and if they say no you have to respect their decision. Pro
tip: Teachers are more likely to agree if the lunches are not an everyday deal.
If the teacher does say yes, then you have earned your new lunch spot.

“I like
having lunch in Miss Griffith’s room because it is quiet and we do not have to
deal with all of the yelling in the cafeteria,” Jones said.

The next
step would be to set guidelines for the bringing (and eating) of food. Just
like when you eat in the gym or cafeteria, you need to clean up when you are
done. Hayman also suggests adopting a “bring food, eat food” policy, so that
you do not have any stragglers looking for handouts. Anyone that brings food,
is allowed to eat other food that is also brought by others.

2 comments:

So I have been growing and juicing my own wheatgrass. I very causally read the growing section of Ann Wigmores's book on growing wheatgrass and that, with my general knowledge of sprouting seeds, I figured out the relatively simple process.